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Using Descriptive Language

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the use of adjectives in a product review, then write their own descriptive review. In this writing and word usage instructional activity, students first analyze the choice of adjectives in a New York Times article about...
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BBC Learning English, Listening

For Students Higher Ed
In this listening comprehension worksheet, students choose the best word to replace missing words from sentences. This exercise requires an understanding of context.
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Synonyms and Antonyms

For Students 5th - 7th
In this synonym and antonym learning exercise, students choose the best synonym for the 6 words shown out of a group of words. Worksheet also ask students to choose the best antonym for the 6 words shown out of a group of words.
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Extraneous Solutions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners find the roots of quadratic equations. In this algebra lesson, students solve radical equations and identify the positive and negative roots. They graph and analyze their functions.
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It's About Time!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the potentials, both positive and negative, of adapting an international 'Internet time' system. They create and solve word problems that require them to translate between the current time system and Internet time.
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Generating Power

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars construct a working model of a turbine and explain how water generates power. By the end of the lesson, they list the effects of Kingsley Dam on people, plans, and animals -- both positive and negative.
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Unit Plan On Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore a variety of ways of solving quadratic equations. Students choose from graphing, factoring, finding square roots, completing the square and using the Quadratic formula. They ponder in the end on polynomial equations.
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- Making Metaphors with Munchies

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students brainstorm independently first, then ask their best friend on the team, or seat partners, depending on the year & student mix, to add to their list of personal characteristics and/or to name three words they think of...
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Geometry Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write an original diamante poem about a shape of their choice. They examine how to write a diamante poem, and select a shape and write a poem using Microsoft Word software.
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WHAT'S ORGANIC?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore how certain foods come to be certified "organic." They write the words "organic" and "synthetic" and given the definitions of each. Students are given dictionaries. They are asked: "What is organic food?" Middle...
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Identifying Lines: Horizontal, Vertical, and Oblique

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines on a worksheet after learning them in class. They demonstrate a horizontal line with their arms while saying the word and use their arms with no talking to demonstrate...
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Matter and Atoms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this matter and atoms worksheet, learners will fill in the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons for five different atoms. Then students will fill in the blanks of five statements with words from a word bank. Finally, learners...
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
"People Everyday" offers class members an opportunity to develop their literacy analysis skills and to develop media literacy. Guided by an included list of discussion questions, groups examaine the word choice, literary devices used,...
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Decimal Place Value Chart

For Students 5th - 6th
In this decimal place value chart instructional activity, students work independently to fill in the blanks on the chart so that the numbers equal out correctly and the missing words are stated correctly.
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Factoring Quadratics

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve quadratics using factoring. In this algebra lesson, students rewrite word problems and use properties of quadratic equations to solve.
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MTV's Poetry

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use several strategies in poetry to convey tone and speaker. In this language arts lesson, students read and build vocabulary as they gain a larger understanding of how to write poetry. Students then work in groups in order...
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Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the music of Woody Guthrie and how the political and economic climate influenced his work. They read and discuss online articles, define key vocabulary words, take a Political Orientation Survey, and write a position...
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Ghosts of Rwanda: Reconciliation and Reparations

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine a specific case of genocide participation in Rwanda. Working in groups, they simulate the courtroom drama, from the positions of victim, perpetrator, and court monitor. They conclude by writing essays on the...
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The Best of the Best

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in a discussion about the definition of the word 'hero'. They research baseball players and managers and then engage in a formal debate about the merits of their subjects.
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A Clone of Your Own: The Legal Issues and the Future of Genetic Engineering on Humans

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders define cloning in their own words and examine the different types of cloning. After reading an article, they summarize it in their own words and use the internet to research the history of cloning. In groups, they...
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Cold and Warm Blooded Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research facts about a cold or warm-blooded animal in order to designa report either as PowerPoint or word processed document. They use online resources and insert images in to the report. They include the specified criteria and...
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Safari Sentence Scramble

For Teachers K
Students use real life experiences for writing. In this identifying details instructional activity, students use information such as colors, numbers, sizes, shapes and locations to write sentences about the zoo. Students position...
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Wartime Posters

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students recognize that, America's eventual involvement in World War II, not everyone initially agreed that intervention was the answer. They conduct research about the political, economic, sociological, and historical factors in the...
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (Letter 28)

For Students 7th - 8th
After reading Letter 28 of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, learners provide definitions for vocabulary words and answer 11 reading comprehension questions about what they read.  

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